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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The Name Tiger Gardens

All gardens need a name and my gardens are no exception. While each individual garden here has a name, the overall property is named Tiger Gardens. The name Tiger Gardens comes from a combination of my name (Tina) and my husband's name (Roger). When combined the two names make Ti-Ger perfectly. I had picked the name quite some time ago but had yet to come up with a good sign announcing to all visitors the name of the gardens, but here it is-making its big debut on the worldwide web.

I purchased the black metal letters at Hobby Lobby when they were drastically marked down. I did have to buy the long deck board to mount the letters to using 'Gorilla Glue', but for a total of about $20 I have a fine looking sign that fits right in with the character of my home and gardens. As a bonus, Mr Fix-it says to me, "That sign looks really good." You know you've done good when your non-gardening hubby notices something new and even likes it!

Does your garden have a name, and if so, is the name posted somewhere in your garden?

in the garden....

P.S. The picture is formatted in cartoon mode. I really like the effect. I took this picture from an upstairs room so it is not really slanted like in the photo. I just couldn't figure out my photo software enough to straighten it out.

While Skeeter is on break helping her family recover I have a few extra posts I will post this week. We'll see next week what else I have but there may be some Tuesdays and Thursdays with no posts depending on what I have going on. Thanks and best wishes to Skeeter and all the flood victims! The way the community has pulled together to recover is amazing.

For all local readers, I have several Montgomery County Master Gardener Garden Tour tickets for sale. The tour is this Saturday from 9 am-3 pm. The plant sale will be held at Dr. Mathews garden and no ticket is required for that plant sale. Tickets are required to view the garden though. Tickets cost $10 and if you email or call me I can make arrangements to get the tickets to you today-if you let me know early enough. Thanks.

Tina, that's awesome. I really like tigers so I never really thought about the name, but it's so cool it's your and Roger's names combined. Even though I think of myself as the Garden Faerie, my garden as such doesn't have a name, or therefore a sign. In fact, no garden I've ever had has a name. Which is odd, because I named my car and bike, and neither is anywhere near as important to me as my garden. I will have to contemplate this situation!

Hmm, I don't really have a clever name for my garden. Just VW garden, except that my husband might take exception with using just my initials since he provides so much of the manual labor. Your combo name is very clever!

Love your sign - I also wondered how your garden got it's name. I made some greeting cards with pics of my flowers and used some of those different formats like you did with the cartoon one. They turned out really great.I have individual names for the flower beds so we know which one we're referring to but not just one name for the whole place. Guess it could be the RainGardens since RainGardener is in charge! I usually just call it my mess!!! LOL

A name for the gardens? It depends on how well they're behaving and responding to my care at any particular time. Once in a while, they're known as Ornery, Thankless, @#%&*! Right now, they're all darlings. Tell Skeeter that we're thinking about her and wishing her family a speedy recovery from the flood. I like your sign and the cartoon image, by the way.

Your garden sign looks so professional Tina ~ just like everything else you do. I never have thought to make one but you've inspired a lot of us I think. Great to know how your garden got its name ~ I never knew either. It's the perfect one for your family, that's for sure.

I always wondered where the name Tiger Gardens came from--now it all makes sense! Love the cartoon effect of the photo as well.

I wish all the best for Skeeter and her family. I haven't been watching the news at all the past week, but I hope that the clean-up is progressing well in Tennessee. This has to be so difficult for everyone affected.

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